published Aug 1st 2016, 6:23 pm, by Christopher Olsen and Claire Boston (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. raised $19.75 billion in the third-largest U.S. corporate bond sale of the year to help finance its planned purchase of LinkedIn Corp. Investors put in more than $50 billion of orders for the deal

©2016 Bloomberg View O1ZRY26S972B (Bloomberg View) — Plunging oil prices and widening budget deficits have forced Saudi Arabia to look for new sources of revenue: The kingdom has dumped at least $100 billion of its foreign exchange reserves and is even considering selling part of the government-owned oil company Saudi